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The Shadow

I am standing

Alone

The shadow is

Coming Following me

Tracing me

Engulfing me


Pulse races

I scream, but

Nothing

Comes out of my

Wide

Open

Mouth


Every breath

More labored,

Harder


What should I do?

What should I do?


I try to be

Hardworking Kind

Nice

Perfect


But every imperfect score

I say

“Could have been better”


99%

Could be

100%


And I find

The shadow

Waiting



To get me

But wait


Is that…


Light?

Hope?

Love?


And there I see

I am NOT

The shadow

The shadow

Is not Me


I am

Imperfect

Brilliant

Special

Loved


I am

Everything


The shadow comes

But my light

Will force it away


Sometimes

I cry


Sometimes

I fall


Sometimes

I scar


But then

I smile



Because

I am here

And the people

I love

Will never go away


But the shadow

Will

Fade


Because

Of my light

Of their light


And that


Is what makes me


Perfect.


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